Sanitary pack unit



July 7, 1936. w. v. REA ET AL SANI TARY PACK UNI T Original Filed Oct. 10, 1933 Patented July 7, 1936 mes SANITARY PACK UNIT William V. Rea and Pamela F. Rea, Calumet City, Ill.

Application October 10, 1933, Serial No. 693,014 Renewed April 13, 1936 7 Claims.

Our invention relates to improvements in sanitary pack units and it more especially consists of the features pointed out in the claims.

The purpose of our invention is to provide a self-contained pack of sanitary toilet seat covers, which includes, a support or'backing to which the sheets of paper are attached at its lower edge, and that has a band or forward support at its upper edge in front of the assembled sheet. This prevents the upper or folded portion of the sanitary sheets from falling forward as a single sheet is withdrawn; all of which constitutes a complete unit. It is also a purpose of our invention to support the entire weight of the pack unit on a pair of standards attached under the hinge bolts of a toilet seat; that provides openings at the bottom edge of the pack for the introduction of the standards; that by reason of these features our invention may entirely dispense with a conventionalcabinet; and that if desired we may also use the same pack unit when'placed in any form of container without any change in the structure of the unit.

This application is a continuation in part of our application Serial No. 562,313 filed September 11, 1931, which matured into Patent No. 1,934,326 on November '7, 1933.

With these and other ends in View we illustrate in .the accompanying drawing such instances of adaptation as will disclose the broad underlying features of the invention without limiting ourselves to the specific details shown thereon and described herein.

Fig. 1 is a semi-perspective view of the three forms of backing A, B, and C combined with a front support at the top to prevent assembled sheets from falling forward.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a complete unit.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation in section on line 22 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of an unfolded single sheet.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged elevation of the bottom edge of a pack.

Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic elevation instancing four kinds of folds of the paper sheets.

In utilizing our invention we may use'whatever alternatives or equivalents of parts that the exigencies of varying conditions may demand without departing from the broad spirit of the invention.

We believe that our instant invention is the first in the history of the art that provides a selfcontained sanitary pack unit that can be used entirely independent of a cabinet or container,

. and when all the sheets of a unit have been rewith a permanent band or support 553 forming an 10 integral part of the backing I! (Fig. 1A) or a separate band is may be attached to the back (Fig. 1B) or the back may be continued over the top and pass downward to form a front support iii (Fig. 1C). These supports serve to hold even 35 a single sheet from dropping down when not wanted. If desired the sheets of a pack may be additionally held by the fastenings 6 (Fig. 10) which hold the lower edge of the forward support from moving away from the backing.

The assembled sheets due to their being folded, at or near the line i? on Fig. present a greater thickness of the pack at 26 the top than at the thinner portion l5 at the bottom. There is a pullout portion of each sheet, indicated at E8. Various kinds of folds i l are shown at A, B, C and D of Fig. 6. The pullout portion l8 projects from beneath the front downward extension it of the backing II. This portion ii'l-yieldably serves the same purpose'as the bands l0 and i3 shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of our copending application Serial No. 562,313.

When the pack is used as a self-contained unit independently of a container the forward fold or bend on its underside, at l, rests on the upper ends 21 of the metal standards it whereon the entire weight of the pack is supported. By eliminating the necessity of having a cabinet or container we are enabled to produce a pack unit occupying a very small space in front of the usual 40 flushing tank.

The standards iii are provided at their lower ends with forwardly projecting feet 20, that have openings through which the usual fastening bolts for the hinges 24 of the cover 23 pass. Nuts 22 hold the feet and the hinges in place on the-bowl 25. The standards l9 impart rigidity to the entire assembly. In order that they may be easily inserted into the openings l, at the bottom of the pack, Fig. 5, the backing H has secured fillers 2'between it and an inner reinforcement 4 to the front of which the last sheet 3 of the pack is attached, so that the standards l9 will readily passv between such sheet and the backing l I without tearing the sheet. If desired the strip' 4, of paste'board, may beextended some 'dis- .tanceup from the bottom edge of the'pack.

The sheets 9 and the front support maybe fastened at 6 to the backing II' or the fastenings 6 r (not shown) may be outside of the side edges of the sheets 9 to form a guide in which event any filler expedient may if needed be used to slightly separate the lower edge of rthefront' from the backing I I to form a space for the foldedportion of the sheets. 7 V

The individual sheets 9 may be folded as'shown in Fig. 6, in any event they will have a protective central portion I4 detached except at l6. It is of course immaterial as to the grade of paper or the kind of material that is used for the backing.

The entire unit canbe produced economically and there is no complexity in'installing or m'anipulating the packs The fastenings 6 hold the sheets of the pack 9,

c the backing I I and the front Ifi together as shown 7 in Figure 2 and it is obvious that if the sheets 9 were made narrower than the space between the fastenings 6 in Figure 2 such fastenings would be outside of the edges of the sheets in which event the front If! and the backing 6 with any kind of a narrow filler between to' make up the extra thickness at the point where the sheets are folded would serve the same purpose inholding the front If! in a certain spaced apart relation to the backing II, so as to accommodate the extra thickness of the folded sheets or if the fastenings 6 for the front I9 and the backing I I weremoreor less loose the sheets 9 would not be clamped tightly between the front and the backing and thus the free removal of would not be interfered with.

What we claim is:-

1. A sanitary pack unit comprising a backing extending the full length of the pack which is bent forward and downward at its upper" end, a plurality of sanitary sheets placed against the backing and secured thereon at their lower edges,

' neath the forward projection of the backing and and means for holding the lower edge of the bent 'overportion free to swingforward independently of the backing.

2. A sanitary pack unit comprising a backing extending the full length of the pack having a forward and a'downward projection at its upper end, and a plurality of sanitary sheetsattached to thebacking at a plurality of points including their lower ends said sheets, being folded behaving a pullout portion projecting from below the. downward extension of the'backing. 3. In sanitary packunits, a discardable backing extending the'full length of the pack having a plurality of sanitary sheets attached to the the sheets '9 backing at its lower edge, an extension from the top of the backing projecting forward to provide sanitary sheets, a downward extension from said projection adapted to hold the upper edges of the assembled sheets against displacement while a storage space for the upper folded edge of .the V single sheet is being withdrawn from the pack,

and means comprising an encircling band for maintaining the downward projection in yielding relation to th ebacking. U V

4." A sanitary pack unit comprising a plurality of folded sanitary'sheets, a suitablebacking ex- 1 tending 'the full length of the pack, means at the lower end forfastening the sheets, a lateral projection from the backing at its upper edge which projection extends downward 'in front of the folded portion of the. sheets, and reinforcing means associated with the fastening means used at the'lower end of the backing and thesheets said means providing a free entrance from the exterior of the pack leading to the interior in front of the backing and to the rear of the first assembled sanitary sheet byraising the down ward extension;

5. A sanitary pack unit including a discardable backing extending the fulllength of the pack,: a

plurality of sanitary sheets folded along their top edge, means comprising a forward and downwar'dly projecting extensionyof the upper edge 1 of the backing adapted to hold the loosely as- 1 sembled sheets at their folded upper edges from falling down when a single sheet is being detached from the pack without using fastenings c passing through the sheets,'a separate band encircling the upper end of the backing and its" sheets near their upper portion from falling down when the pack is in use in'its upright. position, said means consisting of portions extending forward from the backing and around the edges of the sheet pack. I

7.- A sanitary pack unit comprising a backing, a

plurality of sanitary sheets attached to said back 'ing, and means associated with the upperpop tion of the backing arranged 'to hold thejassembled sheets near'their upper portion from falling down when the pack is in use when it is in its upright position, said means consisting of a band 5 surrounding the sheet'pack. A

WILLIAM V. REA.

PAMELA F. REA; 

